Houmiya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Houmiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Houmiya (47) may also be a first name.
Houmiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houmiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houmiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻮﻣﻲ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Houmiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Houmiya are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Houmiya is also the 1,467,136th most frequent given name internationally. It is borne by 47 people.
It is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania Houmiya is primarily concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Houmiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Houmiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻮﻣﻲ | hwmy | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Houmiya
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